How has the substitute of three drivers modified the complexion of the Formulation 1 area this yr?
The F1 drivers of 2023 span 15 international locations and have over 50 motorsport championship titles between them. Right here’s how they break down in numbers.
Begins
Two of Formulation 1’s most skilled drivers bowed out on the finish of final season – Sebastian Vettel was one race shy of his three hundredth begin and Daniel Ricciardo was one other member of the double century membership. With three newcomers making their debuts as full-time drivers, the category of 2023 is barely much less skilled on the entire than final yr’s area.
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Ages
Unsurprisingly, it’s a barely youthful area as effectively, although not by a lot: The common age of the drivers on the season-opener shall be 28.2 years, down simply 0.2 from 12 months earlier.
That is partly as a result of a kind of three newcomers, Nyck de Vries, is already older than greater than half the sphere, together with the reigning two-times world champion. De Vries was handed over for promotion after successful the Formulation 2 title 4 years in the past, and Andretti IndyCar driver Colton Herta was AlphaTauri’s authentic alternative for his seat, however he didn’t have sufficient superlicence factors to maneuver into F1.
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Grand prix wins
Vettel is the third most-successful F1 driver of all time when it comes to wins, and the departure of fellow a number of grand prix winner Ricciardo means the whole variety of races received by the present grid is effectively down on this time final yr, dropping from 232 to 193.
Nonetheless, think about that George Russell and Carlos Sainz Jnr had been but to attain their first victories earlier than the beginning of final season, and the whole variety of race-winning drivers on the grid is unchanged. Half of the 20 drivers have already taken grand prix victories, although that pair plus Alpine’s new duo are all one-time winners.
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Nations
Herta might not have gotten his break, however the U.s. of America nonetheless has its first full-time F1 driver in 16 years within the form of Logan Sargeant. The USA is one among 15 totally different international locations represented on the grid this yr, solely 4 of which have a couple of driver. These are the UK (three), France, Spain and the Netherlands (two every).
Championships (all sequence)
Solely two drivers within the 20-strong area haven’t received a championship above karting stage and so they each drive for a similar crew: Alexander Albon and his new Williams crew mate Sargeant.
The opposite 18 drivers have amassed 54 titles between them throughout F1 and the junior classes of motorsport.
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| Driver | Championship | Yr/s |
|---|---|---|
| Lewis Hamilton | British Formulation Renault | 2003 |
| Formulation 3 Euroseries | 2005 | |
| GP2 | 2006 | |
| Formulation 1 | 2008, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 | |
| Lando Norris | British Formulation 4 | 2015 |
| Eurocup Formulation Renault 2.0 | 2016 | |
| Northern European Formulation Renault | 2016 | |
| Toyota Racing Collection | 2016 | |
| Formulation 3 European Championship | 2017 | |
| Fernando Alonso | Euro Open by Nissan | 1999 |
| Formulation 1 | 2005, 2006 | |
| World Endurance Championship | 2018-19 | |
| Nico Hulkenberg | German Formulation BMW | 2005 |
| A1 Grand Prix | 2007 | |
| Formulation 3 Euroseries | 2008 | |
| GP2 | 2009 | |
| Nyck de Vries | Formulation Renault 2.0 Eurocup | 2014 |
| Formulation Renault 2.0 ALPS | 2014 | |
| Formulation 2 | 2019 | |
| Formulation E | 2021 | |
| Valtteri Bottas | Formulation Renault 2.0 Eurocup | 2008 |
| Formulation Renault NEC | 2008 | |
| GP3 | 2011 | |
| Lance Stroll | Italian Formulation 4 | 2014 |
| Toyota Racing Collection | 2015 | |
| Formulation 3 European Championship | 2016 | |
| Oscar Piastri | Formulation Renault Eurocup | 2019 |
| Formulation 3 | 2020 | |
| Formulation 2 | 2021 | |
| George Russell | BRDC British Formulation 4 | 2014 |
| GP3 | 2017 | |
| Formulation 2 | 2018 | |
| Max Verstappen | Formulation 1 | 2021, 2022 |
| Charles Leclerc | GP3 | 2016 |
| Formulation 2 | 2017 | |
| Carlos Sainz Jnr | Formulation Renault NEC | 2011 |
| Formulation Renault 3.5 | 2014 | |
| Pierre Gasly | Eurocup Formulation Renault 2.0 | 2013 |
| GP2 | 2016 | |
| Esteban Ocon | Formulation 3 European Championship | 2014 |
| GP3 | 2015 | |
| Kevin Magnussen | Danish Formulation Ford | 2008 |
| Formulation Renault 3.5 | 2013 | |
| Sergio Perez | British Formulation 3 (Nationwide class) | 2007 |
| Zhou Guanyu | Formulation Regional Asia (Asian Formulation 3) | 2021 |
| Yuki Tsunoda | Japanese Formulation 4 | 2018 |
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Days since final win (all sequence)
For the primary time in a profession replete with success, Lewis Hamilton goes into a brand new F1 season searching for to finish a victory drought which has lasted greater than a yr.
Others should look again additional for his or her most up-to-date wins at any stage. Notably the Aston Martin duo, Lance Stroll and new crew mate Fernando Alonso, who haven’t taken a win in a the 2020s. Certainly, Alonso will mark the tenth anniversary of his final win in F1 this Could.
However returning driver Nico Hulkenberg who has the longest win-less drought. Like Alonso, his most up-to-date triumph got here on the Le Mans 24 Hours, in his case with Porsche.
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